Combination clothes basket and drainer.



P. WEENS.

UOMBINATION CLOTHES BASKET AND DRAINER.

- APPLICATION FILED DEO.15, 1910.

1,007, 1 65; Patented Oct. 31, 1911. 221 W PETER WEENS, 0F OLDI-IAM, SOUTH DAKOTA.

COMBINATION CLOTHES BASKET AND DRAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

Application filed December 15, 1910. Serial No. 597,727.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER WEENs, citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Oldham, Kingsbury county, South Dakota, have invented a new and useful Combination Clothes Basket and Drainer, of

which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved receptacle adapted to be employed interchangeably as a clothes basket and as a clothes drainer.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of'elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan illustrating my improved device in use as a drainer on a wash boiler. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan showing the device adjusted to maximum capacity for use as a clothes basket. .Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the device adjusted as shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing my device-adjusted as a drainer and suspended on a laundry tub.

In the construction of the device as shown the. numeral 10 designates 'a rim or side wall,

preferably formed with a wired upper' nar gin and a wired or turned lower margin. The rim 10 is provided with a perforated bottom 11 located transversely thereof and spaced from its lower margin. The perforated bottom 11 preferably is inclined from front to rear and the rim or side wall 10 is open above and below the forward margin of said bottom. The rim or side wall 10 preferably flares outwardly above the bottom 11. The forward margin of the bottom 11 is turned or rolled around a rod 12 and end portions of said rod extend through the forward ends of the side wall or rim 10 and are threaded. The lower portion of the rim or side wall 10, below the bottom 11, preferably is of such size as to be received within and fit to one end portion of a wash boiler A at times. Clips 13 (one only of which is shown) and a clip 14 are fixed to the rim or side wall 10 and extend outwardly and downwardly at their lower ends in such positions as to embrace marginal portions of the boiler A and support the receptacle thereon. The clips 13 are formed with hooks 15, 15 on their upper ends extending forwardly and opening downwardly. Handles 16, 16 are mounted on the side portions of the rim or wall 10 and near the upper margins thereof and a handle 16 is mounted in the upper end portion of the clip 14. The threaded end portions of the rod 12 extend through the clips 13 and nuts 17 one only of which is shown, are mounted thereon and bind the clips, rim and bottom 11 together. The clips 13, 14 are further connected to the rim or wall 10 in any desired manner such as by rivets.

The device as thus far described may be suspended by means of the hooks 15, 15 on a tub B at any desired point in the circumference of said tub, such as at the rear of a clothes wringer (not shown) and in such position said device is adapted to receive wrung clothes from the tub. The device may be employed to carry the wrung clothes to and support the same on the boiler A, from which they can be deposited by hand into said boiler and be shaken out as desired during this operation. Then the device, can be returned to the tub for another load of clothes as frequently as may be desired. After the boiling operation is completed the device may be mounted as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 on the boiler A and insuch position is adapted to receive boiled clothes from the boiler and drain the moisture therefrom back into said boiler. In such position the inclined bottom 11 is spaced above the top of the boiler and occupies such inclined position as will prevent slip-ping of the clothes from said'bottorn into the boiler. The device may be lifted from the boiler A and be employed to carry the drained clothes back to the tub B and when so used may be hung on the side of the tub and retain the clothes until they ar taken out a piece at a time, shaken, loosened and deposited in the tub for rinsing, bluing or further treatment. Then the position of the device may be shifted to the rear of the wringer and the device be employed again to receive the wrung clothes. Then the device may be employed to carry the clothes to the line on which they are suspended for drying.

The capacity of the receptacle may be increased through the use of a supplemental device constructed as follows: A side wall or rim 10 is provided and is made flaring and of slightly less radius and length than the side wall or rim 10. An imperforate bottom 11 is mounted at one end within and fixed to and spaced from the lower margin of the side wall or rim 10 The imperforate bottom 11 is provided with a relatively narrow flange 11 around one end, which flange preferably is soldered or otherwise rigidly fixed to the side wall or rim 10. The imperforate bottom 11 also is formed with a somewhat wider marginal flange 11 around its opposite end and along its sides, which wider flange preferably is soldered to the end portions of the wall 10'" and is adapted to engage the inner surface of the Wall 10. The bottom 11 is adapted to rest on the bottom 11 while the ends of the wall 10 extend past and in contact with and between end portions of the wall 10. Lugs 18 (one only of which is shown, in Fig. at) are fixed to and extend outwardly from end portions of the wall 10 and are adapted to be embraced and firmly engaged by the hooks 15, 15. A handle 19 preferably is secured to the central portion of the rim or wall 10 and near the upper margin thereof.

It will be observed that the supplemental member or device is to a large extent a counterpart of the primary draining device above described and serves to complement the same to the production of a complete basket having an imperforate bottom and provided with handles on the sides and ends whereby it may be transported conveniently and safely. The hooks 15, 15 are applied to or removed from the lugs 18 by springing end portions of the walls 10, 10 laterally and the resilience of such Walls tends to maintain the connection when made in such manner.

I claim as my invention 1. In a combined clothes basket and drainer, a receptacle having a downwardly extending flange adapted to seat within the upper margin of a supporting receptacle, straps secured to the walls of the first mentioned receptacle and having their lower nds extended and adapted to engage the outer side of the margin of the supporting receptacle, and hooks extending from some of said straps.

2. In a combined clothes basket and drainer, a receptacle open at one end, a

downwardly extending flange on said receptacle adapted to seat within the upper margin of a supporting receptacle, straps secured to the sides of said receptacle and having their lower ends extended and adapted to engage theuouter side of the margin of the supporting receptacle, two of said straps being secured, one at each side of the open end of the receptacle, and having their upper ends formed as downwardly opening PETER EENS.

WVitnesses:

C. E. GILBERTSON, PAUL ANDERsEN.

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